Fujitsu Enhances Identity Security with Advanced Cloud-based Biometrics Solution

SUNNYVALE, Calif., Sept. 14, 2017 /PRNewswire/ -- Fujitsu America, Inc. announces the launch of a cloud-based Biometrics-as-a-Service (BIOaaS™) offering which, in light of recent large-scale data breaches like the Equifax cybersecurity incident¹, is a unique solution for organizations facing increasingly complex data security risks. This offering demonstrates Fujitsu's leading edge capability to secure financial, commercial and customer environments through integration with our recently established Intelligent Security Operations Center (iSOC) in Dallas, providing real time security alerts in a seamless manner. With the launch of this cloud-based identity platform, Fujitsu is transforming the market by offering quick deployment that lowers costs and allows customers to choose and blend modalities to develop the best use case for their particular organization and requirements, permitting rapid integration with existing business intelligence and systems. Available biometric modalities can include voice, face and fingerprint on customer's smartphones for low cost, low risk applications, right through to the award-winning Fujitsu PalmSecure® solution for high-security deployments.

Enterprises are paying closer attention to their security infrastructure than ever before – and for good reason: organizations around the world lose an estimated five percent of their annual revenues to fraud². In light of this unsettling reality, True Identity Assurance is becoming a fundamental requirement of any robust security environment.

BIOaaS is a massively scalable, globally available solution to quickly assist organizations with determining a "true" identity in the first instance via identification or verifying against a known identity. By leveraging a centralized architecture, the solution allows new biometric information to be checked against existing biometrics databases to reduce fraud, something that is not possible with match-on-device solutions like the type found in smartphones. Organizations leveraging Single Sign-On (SSO) and remote access solutions can now easily enhance security for all users with this flexible multi-factor authentication service.

Biometrics-as-a-Service Overview

• A cloud-based biometrics engine that can match multiple biometric types:
  
  New products and sensors for existing biometrics can be added with no back-end changes being required, while new biometric modalities can easily be added as they are invented. Furthermore, the 'as a Service' model ensures that customers only pay for current users in the system, not projected users, significantly reducing costs.
  
  
• Easy, cost-effective pay-as-you-grow scalability:
  
  BIOaaS offers a number of pre-configured deployments options based on target size, right up to hundreds of millions of users. However, customers only pay for what they are currently using, meaning that all pilots and staged deployments are low-cost by default.
  
  
• Available on Fujitsu Enterprise Cloud Service K5®:
  
  BIOaaS runs on K5, the next-generation cloud Fujitsu platform that offers enterprise-class, 99.99% availability and performance predictability, making it ideal for hosting an around-the-clock biometrics solution. It is also available on the Amazon® Web Services® (AWS®) Cloud.

"The recent disclosure that 143 million customer records were stolen from Equifax is another reminder that even innovative organizations are struggling with cyber threats that are potentially staggering in scope," says Jason Bradlee, Head of Security for Americas region, Fujitsu America, Inc. "Nevertheless, every organization has a duty to safeguard customer information. This duty covers all aspects of protection, from cyber security to identity security – meaning the verified identity of who has access to this information as devices and passwords can be shared. The Biometrics-as-a-Service™ offering from Fujitsu has a secure messaging and authorization component that enables any unusual transaction to be rejected or approved and authorized by the true account holder in real time. The reason for this is simple and compelling: additional authentication factors, such as biometrics, in an access or payment solution, means that cyber criminals are unable to utilize large collections of identity information, and they will likely move on to less secure institutions."

To learn more about this and other security solutions from Fujitsu, please visit the Security Services homepage: http://www.fujitsu.com/us/solutions/business-technology/security/security-services/

Notes to editors

1. Cybersecurity Incident & Important Consumer Information (Equifax)
2. Association of Certified Fraud Examiners, Inc.

Online resources

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About Fujitsu

Fujitsu is the leading Japanese information and communication technology (ICT) company, offering a full range of technology products, solutions, and services. Approximately 155,000 Fujitsu people support customers in more than 100 countries. We use our experience and the power of ICT to shape the future of society with our customers. Fujitsu Limited (TSE: 6702) reported consolidated revenues of 4.5 trillion yen (US $40 billion) for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2017. For more information, please see http://www.fujitsu.com.

About Fujitsu Americas

Fujitsu America, Inc. is the parent and/or management company of a group of Fujitsu-owned companies operating in North, Central and South America dedicated to delivering the full range of Fujitsu products, solutions and services in ICT to our customers in the Western Hemisphere. These companies are collectively referred to as Fujitsu Americas. Fujitsu enables clients to meet their business objectives through integrated offerings and solutions, including consulting, systems integration, managed services, outsourcing and cloud services for infrastructure, platforms and applications; data center and field services; and server, storage, software and mobile/tablet technologies. For more information, please visit: http://fujitsu.com/us and http://twitter.com/fujitsuamerica.

Fujitsu, the Fujitsu logo, PalmSecure, K5 and "shaping tomorrow with you" are trademarks or registered trademarks of Fujitsu Limited in the United States and other countries. Biometrics-as-a-Service and BioaaS are trademarks or registered trademarks of Fujitsu Limited in the United States and other countries. Equifax and the Equifax marks used herein are trademarks of Equifax Inc. Amazon, Amazon Web Services and AWS are trademarks or registered trademarks of Amazon Technologies, Inc. in the United States and other countries. All other trademarks referenced herein are the property of their respective owners.

Information provided in this press release is accurate at time of publication and is subject to change without advance notice.

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